Production History Over the next six years, Boeing received enough small orders that kept the production line going. Reliable Construction Even after being bombarded with bullets and other ordnance, Bs were known to make it back to their airfields to fly another day. Crew Configuration The B could hold a crew of ten. Recent Posts. Subscribe for Blog updates. Get the Museum's blog posts direct to your mailbox. Subscribe today! The Museum of Flight, E.
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube. Not they talk about the BB - by the time the G was bering built????? Several years ago? Try two! That production number in the ad was for the prewar aircraft "B" models. Hardly representative of the late production runs for the "G" models. In the pic, note the rudder tail colors. And what are those two beastly looking fuselages in the upper left? Click to expand You mean Stratoliners: Boeing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The B and the Stratocruiser wouldn't come to be for several more years.
Lucky13 Forum Mascot. Still its amazing, now of days with all the modern technology it takes years to restore a B Back then it took just days before one was in the air. Makes you think, right?
Lucky13 said:. Soundbreaker Welch? Tech Sergeant. If everybody just pitched in, we could still do it! If we had the money. Would like to know how many people worked on 1 B? Bs flown by the Eighth saw some of the fiercest combat of the war. As the Americans flew further into Europe and Germany, the missions became deadlier. One of the worst days of the war for the B and its crewmen was the second raid on German ball bearing production in Schweinfurt, Germany on October 14, Clearly, something had to be done because the bomber was not getting through.
Group of B bombers over Europe with vapor trail flowing behind them, The B was legendary for its toughness as this photo shows a bomber that survived its nose being crushed and returned to its base in England, B Flying Fortress bomber dropping bombs on targets in Europe, Flying Fortresses dropping bombs and smoke markers over Goppingen, Germany in But help soon arrived when the North American P Mustang began to reach the beleaguered Eighth Air Force in large enough numbers to make a difference.
The U. Army Air Corps designated the plane as the B The B was a low-wing monoplane that combined aerodynamic features of the XB giant bomber , still in the design stage, and the Model transport. The B was the first Boeing military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five.
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